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Fishermen train in survival suits during an exercise with the Alaska Marine Safety and Education Association, now at risk from federal budget cuts. Since AMSEA began safety training in 1985 fishing fatalities are more than 80 percent lower. AMSEA photo.

Healthy fishermen for a healthy America‬

The Lower Granite Dam, in southeastern Washington, is the furthest upstream dam on the Snake River equipped with a fish ladder, enabling adult salmon and steelhead to continue their migration upstream. Photo by Noe Gonzalez / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District.

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Snake River showdown over salmon and power

Jerry Fraser

Among the last from a greatly diminished fleet of local boats in Patonga, NSW, Austrailia, the Van Der Neut brothers, Joshua and Dane, continue fishing their 38-foot trawler, Lindy, with help from their father, Thomas. Neutical Media photo.

Consolidation isn’t conservation

Paul Molyneaux

Photo courtesy of Florida Sea Grant / NOAA Fisheries

The Gulf’s red snapper decline is real

Trawling vessels in Seattle, WA. Photo by Ian Dewar Photography / Shutterstock

Trawl tensions rise as NPFMC meets in Oregon

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James "Jim" Brantingham, 1945 - 2025. Photo courtesy Nate Brantingham.

Great to know you, Jim!

Photo by Global Seafood

Seafood Producers Cooperative response to WFC lawsuit

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Jon Kurland is Alaska regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service. NOAA photo.

A ‘worthwhile effort’ to address trawl bottom contact

Wesley Loy

Last week, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan spoke harsh words to the federal government about the failure of timely fisheries surveys. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

“Get on with the surveys” or risk shutting down U.S. fisheries

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NEFSA commends the Trump administration for opening the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument southeast of Cape Cod near the edge of Georges Bank to commercial fishing. Photo courtesy of The Pew Charitable Trusts

Trump to reopen Northeast Canyons to commercial fishing

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Layoffs at NOAA/ NMFS have sent shockwaves through the commercial fishing industry. Photo by Bob Pool / Shutterstock

NOAA layoffs: a crisis for U.S. fisheries?

Carli Stewart